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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Play Safe

"What should we order?"
"Oh just the usual. I'll have my favorite Pizza again."

That would be me ordering at my favorite restaurant where I go very often. Well, many of us like life just like it is. We like doing the same things, at the same time, with the same people and of course, in the same way as before. If we are asked to sleep on a different bed it would just be a sleepless night because we want to sleep at the same spot, as we did yesterday and every day before yesterday.

Is it wrong, you may ask. Maybe. Maybe not. It sure makes us happy. But doesn't that make us more mechanical, a little less adaptable. We start saying "Nah that's not my type" instead of "hell yeah! Why not?". How much could change if you give everything a chance? Choose some random restaurant, close your eyes and let your fingers select what your dinner would be. But please if you are a vegetarian, make sure you don't end up eating a tuna sandwich. 

Same happens with shopping. Yes I wear too much of red and pink! Well this time I go shopping, yellow would sure be added to my wardrobe. Some green as well. Not tunics, no. This time I'm going to buy a skirt. Me talking about clothes and fashion would boggle some friends, but, yeah sure I will. 

We tend to repeat everything once and again because we feel safe about it. It's like having no risk elements and being aware of the outcome. Life's motto becomes: Play Safe. We are now so used to the monotonous lifestyle that we have embraced so far  that we fail to have a broader perspective to life. Just like that we become our parents and the cycle goes on. Instead, shouldn't we try out the least expected? You never know, it might turn the odds in your favor.

Change for a new chance. Breaking out from the chain of regularity would bring you a new story to narrate daily, a new lesson to teach, a new opportunity to grab on. In fact, even my next post would be something completely out of the blue. Well, I say this a lot, but now the urge to write something not thought much about is getting stronger.

Adios!